Patents by Inventor Curtis Knutson

Curtis Knutson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9855190
    Abstract: A package for containing tablets or like items is provided and has child-resistant and senior-friendly dispensing properties. The package includes an outer sleeve having opposed first and second wall panels. The first wall panel has a series of separate tear-away tabs. A separate card is contained within the sleeve and has a plurality of separate compartments and at least one reinforcement rib. A series of separate push-through chads is provided by the packaging and are directly opposed from and aligned with the tabs. The reinforcement rib provides a column support between the first and second wall panels and is of a height greater than that of the compartments. Each compartment is located directly between and aligned with one of the chads and one of the tabs, and the reinforcement rib provides a pre-determined amount of spacing between the tabs and the compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: AndersonBrecon Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis Knutson, Thomas Moyer, Tyler Prince
  • Publication number: 20160108943
    Abstract: An incremental adjustment tool for being placed between two objects and used to position the first object along the second object in extremely fine increments. The tool has first, second, and third plates arranged in a stack. The first plate includes a first set of teeth with constant spacing between them that interface with a similar second set of teeth on one side of the second plate. On an opposite surface of the second plate there is a third set of teeth with constant spacing between them different from the spacing of the first and second sets of teeth. The third set of teeth interfaces with a similar fourth set of teeth of equal spacing on the third plate. Movement of the first, second, and third plates along one other displaces the first and second objects along one another. The first, second, and third plates can be parallel to one another or non-parallel, to accommodate corresponding orientations of the first and second objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventor: Curtis Knutson
  • Publication number: 20140305834
    Abstract: A package for containing tablets or like items is provided and has child-resistant and senior-friendly dispensing properties. The package includes an outer sleeve having opposed first and second wall panels. The first wall panel has a series of separate tear-away tabs. A separate card is contained within the sleeve and has a plurality of separate compartments and at least one reinforcement rib. A series of separate push-through chads is provided by the packaging and are directly opposed from and aligned with the tabs. The reinforcement rib provides a column support between the first and second wall panels and is of a height greater than that of the compartments. Each compartment is located directly between and aligned with one of the chads and one of the tabs, and the reinforcement rib provides a pre-determined amount of spacing between the tabs and the compartments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: AndersonBrecon Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis Knutson, Thomas Moyer, Tyler Prince
  • Patent number: 7896161
    Abstract: A child-resistant and senior-friendly carded package for storing and dispensing tablets and like items is provided. The carded package assembly has a integral pair of opposed flaps. One flap carries the tablets or like items, and the other provides a booklet-style cover foldable between a position covering the tablets or like items and a position exposing the tablets or like items. The carded package is made from a first card bonded to a separate second card with a blister card captured therebetween. The first card has a flap including at least three panels folded together with each of the at least three panels including cut out openings or perforations defining punch outs. The second card has a flap having cut out openings. The blister card is sandwiched between the at least three panel flap of the first card and the flap of the second card having openings. A method of assembling the package is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Anderson Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn P. Reilley, Curtis Knutson, Timothy Powell, Jeff Smoczynski
  • Patent number: 7617935
    Abstract: A child-resistant and senior-friendly unit dose package has a hollow container body containing a separate tray carrying a plurality of tablets or like items for being dispensed from the container body. The container body has an end with an opening, and the tray can be slid to a retracted position in which the tray is located within the container body and a dispensing position in which a proximal end part of the tray extends through the opening of the container body. The package includes a separate cap removably securable to the container body to seal the opening and prevent access to the trays. The container body can be positioned in a tray re-loading position that permits a spent tray to be removed from the container body and replaced with a new tray. Thus, the container body is reusable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Anderson Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn P. Reilley, Curtis Knutson, Ronald J. Seibert
  • Publication number: 20090178949
    Abstract: A child-resistant and senior-friendly carded package for storing and dispensing tablets and like items is provided. The carded package assembly has a integral pair of opposed flaps. One flap carries the tablets or like items, and the other provides a booklet-style cover foldable between a position covering the tablets or like items and a position exposing the tablets or like items. The carded package is made from a first card bonded to a separate second card with a blister card captured therebetween. The first card has a flap including at least three panels folded together with each of the at least three panels including cut out openings or perforations defining punch outs. The second card has a flap having cut out openings. The blister card is sandwiched between the at least three panel flap of the first card and the flap of the second card having openings. A method of assembling the package is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: ANDERSON PACKAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Shawn P. Reilley, Curtis Knutson, Timothy Powell, Jeff Smoczynski
  • Publication number: 20090178948
    Abstract: A child-resistant and senior-friendly unit dose package has a hollow container body containing a separate tray carrying a plurality of tablets or like items for being dispensed from the container body. The container body has an end with an opening, and the tray can be slid to a retracted position in which the tray is located within the container body and a dispensing position in which a proximal end part of the tray extends through the opening of the container body. The package includes a separate cap removably securable to the container body to seal the opening and prevent access to the trays. The container body can be positioned in a tray re-loading position that permits a spent tray to be removed from the container body and replaced with a new tray. Thus, the container body is reusable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: ANDERSON PACKAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Shawn P. Reilley, Curtis Knutson, Ronald J. Seibert
  • Patent number: D642467
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Anderson Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis Knutson, John Zanolla